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For panicking with formatting in const contexts.
This library exists because the panic macro was stabilized for use in const contexts
in Rust 1.57.0, without formatting support.
All of the types that implement the [`PanicFmt`] trait can be formatted in panics.
# Examples
- [Basic](#basic)
- [Custom Types](#custom-types)
### Basic
```compile_fail
use const_panic::concat_assert;
const FOO: u32 = 10;
const BAR: u32 = 0;
const _: () = assert_non_zero(FOO, BAR);
#[track_caller]
const fn assert_non_zero(foo: u32, bar: u32) {
concat_assert!{
foo != 0 && bar != 0,
"\nneither foo nor bar can be zero!\nfoo: ", foo, "\nbar: ", bar
}
}
```
The above code fails to compile with this error:
```text
error[E0080]: evaluation of constant value failed
--> src/lib.rs:20:15
|
Panic formatting for custom types can be done in these ways
(in increasing order of verbosity):
- Using the [`PanicFmt` derive] macro
(requires the opt-in `"derive"` feature)
- Using the [`impl_panicfmt`] macro
(requires the default-enabled `"non_basic"` feature)
- Using the [`flatten_panicvals`] macro
(requires the default-enabled `"non_basic"` feature)
- Manually implementing the [`PanicFmt`] trait as described in its docs.
This example uses the [`PanicFmt` derive] approach.
```compile_fail
use const_panic::{PanicFmt, concat_panic};
const LAST: u8 = {
Foo{
x: &[],
y: Bar(false, true),
z: Qux::Left(23),
}.pop().1
};
impl Foo<'_> {
/// Pops the last element
///
/// # Panics
///
/// Panics if `self.x` is empty
#[track_caller]
const fn pop(mut self) -> (Self, u8) {
if let [rem @ .., last] = self.x {
self.x = rem;
(self, *last)
} else {
concat_panic!(
"\nexpected a non-empty Foo, found: \n",
// uses alternative Debug formatting for `self`,
// otherwise this would use regular Debug formatting.
alt_debug: self
)
}
}
}
#[derive(PanicFmt)]
struct Foo<'a> {
x: &'a [u8],
y: Bar,
z: Qux,
}
#[derive(PanicFmt)]
struct Bar(bool, bool);
#[derive(PanicFmt)]
enum Qux {
Up,
Down { x: u32, y: u32 },
Left(u64),
}
```
The above code fails to compile with this error:
```text
error[E0080]: evaluation of constant value failed
--> src/lib.rs:57:5
|
9 | | y: Bar(false, true),
10 | | z: Qux::Left(23),
11 | | }.pop().1
| |___________^ the evaluated program panicked at '
expected a non-empty Foo, found:
Foo {
x: [],
y: Bar(
false,
true,
),
z: Left(
23,
),
}', src/lib.rs:11:7
```
# Limitations
Arguments to the formatting/panicking macros must have a fully inferred concrete type,
because `const_panic` macros use duck typing to call methods on those arguments.
One effect of that limitation is that you will have to pass suffixed
integer literals (eg: `100u8`) when those integers aren't inferred to be a concrete type.
### Panic message length
The panic message can only be up to [`MAX_PANIC_MSG_LEN`] long,
after which it is truncated.
# Cargo features
- `"non_basic"`(enabled by default):
Enables support for formatting structs, enums, and arrays.
<br>
Without this feature, you can effectively only format primitive types
(custom types can manually implement formatting with more difficulty).
- `"rust_1_64"`(disabled by default):
Enables formatting of additional items that require Rust 1.64.0 to do so.
- `"derive"`(disabled by default):
Enables the [`PanicFmt` derive] macro.
# Plans
None for now
# No-std support
`const_panic` is `#![no_std]`, it can be used anywhere Rust can be used.
# Minimum Supported Rust Version
This requires Rust 1.57.0, because it uses the `panic` macro in a const context.
[`PanicFmt` derive]: https://docs.rs/const_panic/*/const_panic/derive.PanicFmt.html
[`PanicFmt`]: https://docs.rs/const_panic/*/const_panic/fmt/trait.PanicFmt.html
[`impl_panicfmt`]: https://docs.rs/const_panic/*/const_panic/macro.impl_panicfmt.html
[`flatten_panicvals`]: https://docs.rs/const_panic/*/const_panic/macro.flatten_panicvals.html
[`MAX_PANIC_MSG_LEN`]: https://docs.rs/const_panic/*/const_panic/constant.MAX_PANIC_MSG_LEN.html